Likely making KyleField an even tougher road venue for opponents was the $32.9 million north end zone expansion, which was completed in 1999.

Atop the third deck of the west side of KyleField is AandM's two-level press area.

It includes a players' lounge overlooking KyleField, dressing rooms, one of the largest training and rehabilitation facilities in the country and a state-of-the-art academic center.

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KyleField is on the short list of the most feared stadiums for visitors as they have to deal with the dreaded 12th man tradition, which dates back before the stadium was even built in 1927.

KyleField is the biggest football stadium in Texas and its three tiers of seating are an imposing sight.

The numbers prove that KyleField is a tough place for the visiting team — the Aggies compiled an amazing home record of 55-4-1 in the 1990s and have continued to be a tough home team since.

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KyleField's aging Astroturf has been replaced by an emerald green expanse of hybrid Bermuda, and the natural grass practice field replaced with Astroturf.

And, indicative of the Aggie reverence for KyleField -- first designated in 1904 and named for Agriculture Dean Edwin Jackson Kyle -- is the tradition of keeping the field free of intruders immediately before and during football games.

KyleField's natural turf, a variety of Bermuda developed for use on golf courses, can last indefinitely with proper maintenance.

Kyle graduated in 1899 with a B. in agriculture from Texas A and M College (later Texas A and M University), and, in 1902 he received an M. in agriculture from Cornell University.

Kyle was then called back to the post of President of the Athletic Association, after Bruce LaRoche retired on account of unrest among the former students.

Kyle did not retire again from serving with the Athletic Association until 1934, was called back briefly to use his diplomatic skills again, and finally left the post for good in 1943, after the Aggies became National Champions, winning three successive bowl games.

ROC is pleased to announce that the necessary contracts and agreements for the full life of field development of the KyleField (ROC: 12.5%) in the UK North Sea have been signed by all relevant industry parties.

Both Kyle producing wells (29/2c-12z and 29/2c-13) will be tied in to the Curlew FPSO via an 18 kilometre pipeline, as part of the full field development.

Kyle Northeast Appraisal Well Since the last Activity Update (6 October 2000) flow testing has commenced at the Kyle 29/2c-13 well, also known as the Kyle Northeast well due to its location on the, previously undrilled, northeastern side of the Kyle structure.

Officials at A&M Consolidated and Bryan high schools are talking about moving their annual football game from KyleField to the home stadiums as early as next season, Consol athletic director and head football coach Jim Slaughter said Tuesday.

The Crosstown Showdown at KyleField has been played on Thursdays during the weeks when Texas A&M has home games and on Fridays when the Aggies have road games.

"KyleField is a great venue to play in, but at the same time, if we fill our stadium up and there are people hanging off the rafters, that's also a great atmosphere," Slaughter said.

Goertz has been A&M's athletic fields maintenance manager since 1996 and is the man in charge of maintaining KyleField, Olsen Field, the Aggie Soccer Complex and every other outdoor venue used for A&M athletics.

While the crown jewel of his job is KyleField, his career began across the street at Olsen Field where he was a student manager for the baseball team in 1978.

Aside from a pristine KyleField on Saturday, one of the things Goertz is proudest of is the success of his former crew members.

A long-term expansion plan for Texas A&M University’s KyleField would add six decks to the south end zone, boosting the stadium’s capacity to 115,000 and making it the largest football venue in the United States.

Regents discussed the KyleField expansion and future growth at AandM’s other athletic facilities during a board meeting at the Memorial Student Center.

G. Rollie White Coliseum would have to be destroyed to make way for the KyleField expansion at some point, he said, and the volleyball team would be moved from the coliseum to Reed Arena.

“Apparently, there is a rumor circulating that KyleField is to be renamed in exchange for a large donation,” Texas AandM University President Robert Gates said in an e-mail to students.

The University of Texas at Austin renamed its field for Jamail in return for a $5 million gift from the Houston attorney to the school’s athletic department.

Some on the site claimed that university officials were willing to allow corporations to add their names to KyleField in exchange for major donations, said Murray, a sophomore renewable natural resources major.

If you have press parking, you will probably take the underground tunnel from the parking lot to KyleField, which leads you to the northwest entrance.

So while you are dumping cards and editing photos and getting phone calls from writers and editors, there are television cameras five feet away, and the TV guys always have to turn around and roll their eyes because you are making noise.

After you set up in the workroom, you have to exit the stadium and re-enter in the middle part of the stadium where the elevators split the "KyleField" sign.

Well, I was at that game and the PA announcer repeatably said that nobody should enter the field after the game and as soon as it was over their fans tried running onto the field.

If we ever play a game at Kyle where there is a 1/100% chance someone will storm the field and we don't have a monster security force protecting it I will expect for a few people to lose their jobs.

The Hokies gave us a little more than we could handle on the field, and their fans acted like victorious football fans are supposed to act - they came to the game, cheered their team on to victory, enjoyed the afternoon, and left the stadium, all without incident.

Since the moment I learned that my first-born child would be going on his very first elementary-school-sponsored field trip and that he would be riding a school bus, albeit, the short school bus, I have been trying to figure out how I could keep him home from school on field trip day.

I diplomatically insisted that she eat her words when I told her about Kyle's exuberant personality and that he likes to do his own thing (like exploring the field trip venue on his terms).

Thankfully another mother, who was also standing there, heard my trepidation and told me that she was going on the field trip and that she would look out for Kyle.

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First oil from the full field development of the KyleField is expected to go through the Curlew Facility in March 2001.

During the early years of Kyle production the Maersk Curlew FPSO will continue to receive contemporaneous production from the Shell-operated Curlew Field, some 19 km south of the KyleField (Attachment 1).

The first cargo of Kyle EWT oil, approximately 254,400 barrels (net ROC 31,800 bbls), was sold during the third week of June 2000.

And KyleField caretaker Billy Pickard has changed out of maroon polyester and into stylish khaki.

While progress and the explosion of the AandM student body dictated the addition of the third decks and again with The Zone at KyleField, it's nice not to see any open seats when the ball is kicked off.

But when Jenkins brought his freak show that was the run-and-shoot to KyleField, the Wrecking Crew shined like no other time.

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KyleField, the home of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie football team, has been named the 2004 top collegiate football field in the country by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA).

Leo Goertz, the athletic fields maintenance manager for Texas AandM, received the award presented during the 16th Annual STMA Conference in Phoenix.

STMA has more than 2,400 members who oversee sports fields and facilities at schools, colleges and universities, parks and recreational facilities as well as professional sports stadiums.